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Now If Each of You Would Just Send Me $1This half of August has been a fine traffic month, one of the best since clear back in November. Thanks for stopping by. Wish I could hit a high enough mark to start running BlogAds again... or, should I say,...Mid-east Pull-out Advocated by RINO
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GOPSenator Says Iraq Looking Like VietnamA leadingRepublican(RINO) senator and prospective presidential candidate said Sunday that the war in Iraq has destabilized the Middle East and is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago.Leading Senator? Maybe in the MSM - not in the GOP base! Presidential candidate? In his dreams. Logic seems to be absent here. He says we need to get out, but can't just leave a vacuum behind. OK. So what's your plan, Chucky?
I was watching some of the Little League World Series today after I got home from my walk, and happened to tune in during the CA-KY game. I came in toward the end of the fourth, and after Rancho Bueno...Hagel: "We Have Got To Get Out"
I wonder if he'll be upset all over again when MoveOn.org slaps this in an ad? Earlier the same day in Lincoln, an elderly woman asked about Iraq. "Why are we there in the first place?" she asked. On Tuesday...A Word On Administrative Laziness
Your genial editor and blogger is, in fact, a fully functioning, somewhat socially active human being. I've had a cousin in town, and whenever he's around my train tends to fly off the rails in a hurry. And I don't...Clash of Titans in the Great White North!
Media Coverage Of Iraq, ReduxCanada flexes its muscles in dispute over Arctic wastes
While the US is busy taking on global Islamofascism, Canada is also busy sticking up for it's interests:
Canadian warships were sailing towards the Arctic yesterday in the latest act of gunboat diplomacy over control of the frozen wastes there.Amid diplomatic arguments over territorial rights, Canada's defence minister recently clambered on to a frozen rock, tiny Hans Island, triggering protests from Denmark. The Canadian programme hit high gear yesterday as the frigate Fredricton sailed towards the contested Davis Strait separating Greenland and north-east Canada.Denmark was not going to take this lying down - but the brink of disaster has been averted with the prospects of meetings at the UN.
Denmark dispatched the naval cutter Tulugaq and threatened to land more men. However, as tensions rose, the two Nato allies had second thoughts, and the rival claimants agreed to discuss the dispute at the United Nations next month.(Phew! Close call! Another world war averted!)
Still, this whole thing threatens a new arctic arms race, since the Canucks apparently need a bit more guns and less butter:
Critics of the Canadian policy argue that if the government is serious about pursuing a robust "northern strategy" it will have to start investing.A C$700 million (£322 million) road to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Sea has been proposed, but the money has not yet been pledged.Maybe the Martin government can pitch in some of its political slush fund money to help repay from the "Ad-scam" scandal, which has been fully documented by Captain's Quarters, among others.
The military, meanwhile, is not ideally equipped for the brutal conditions of the far north. Although it is expanding its Arctic command base at Yellowknife, the navy lacks sufficient capacity to plough through the pack ice. Critics say that this explains why the Canadian authorities have chosen the summer months to undertake their sovereignty patrols.This situation will bear close watching, what with World Peace on the brink and all.
A few weeks ago I questioned the media coverage of the events in Iraq. Now there is this item noted by Media Blog at NRO: Mark Finkelstein over at Newsbusters reported this morning that Matt Lauer got a surprise answer...Just War
Chad Schuldt's response to my post defending the war in Iraq is up. My instict is to write a detailed response, but I said I would give Chad the last word, and so I will. The best thing would be...
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